Monroe County property owners will see a 3 percent increase in property tax rates when they receive their tax notices early next month, but the rate could be lowered when the county commission finalizes its property tax rate in September.

On Thursday, the commission set a tentative property tax rate for the 2014-15 fiscal year that will cost property owners $394 per $100,000...

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